RNasc4444

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Yeah, if only an adopted child could take the last name of his foster parents...
Oh right! Because the prudes over at the big publishers make a distinction between adopted and blood family when it comes to fucking.

Wasn't the point of distancing William and Leia from the rest of the "family" to make future relationships with the landlady and the roommate more palatable?
 

Maviarab

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But William isn't a Zane anymore. If Katie, Dylan and Helen are Zanes then Willi and Leia aren't.
You make a fair point.
Yeah, if only an adopted child could take the last name of his foster parents...
If they were adopted...that will still legally be incest....and we all know that's been completely retconned...so they can't be adopted now, can they?
 

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Oh right! Because the prudes over at the big publishers make a distinction between adopted and blood family when it comes to fucking.
You have the wrong information. "Prudes" doesn't care about morality, they care about money. And payment processors restrict their terms of use, which in turn reflects the publisher's rules. At least that's what I heard.
Wasn't the point of distancing William and Leia from the rest of the "family" to make future relationships with the landlady and the roommate more palatable?
Was it? I have no idea, all I know is that in the devlog Ocean wrote that two of them are now adopted. I don't think that changes much in i-matter, because whether they are adopted or blood relatives, they are still related, and that's against the TOS.

If they were adopted...that will still legally be incest....and we all know that's been completely retconned...so they can't be adopted now, can they?
I know, right? But that's what the developer wrote. And if they're adopted, they'll likely take their adoptive parents' last name.
Although no one said they were adopted by Zanes :KEK: :KEK: :KEK:
 
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You have the wrong information. "Prudes" doesn't care about morality, they care about money. And payment processors restrict their terms of use, which in turn reflects the publisher's rules. At least that's what I heard.

Was it? I have no idea, all I know is that in the devlog Ocean wrote that two of them are now adopted. I don't think that changes much in i-matter, because whether they are adopted or blood relatives, they are still related, and that's against the TOS.


I know, right? But that's what the developer wrote. And if they're adopted, they'll likely take their adoptive parents' last name.
Although no one said they were adopted by Zanes :KEK: :KEK: :KEK:
Sorry, Ocean didn't say that. He said:

The only person related to William (MC) is Leia.
The devlog didn't mention adoption. We've all been trying to understand how it works because he hasn't defined exactly what's going on yet. But this is the wrong thread for this discussion, we should all go over to WiaB.
 

yossa999

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Sorry, Ocean didn't say that. He said:



The devlog didn't mention adoption. We've all been trying to understand how it works because he hasn't defined exactly what's going on yet. But this is the wrong thread for this discussion, we should all go over to WiaB.
Oh, the Mandela effect is very strong in the Zone. Although I'm pretty sure I saw adoption mentioned. Maybe on Discord?
Anyway, yeah, the wrong thread.
 
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RNasc4444

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The devlog didn't mention adoption. We've all been trying to understand how it works because he hasn't defined exactly what's going on yet. But this is the wrong thread for this discussion, we should all go over to WiaB.
It becomes the right thread because of Auya. We know her last name is Zane. We know Katie's last name is Zane. We know that William and Leia are no longer technically Zane's. At least not by birth. This is the right topic to discuss her parentage. There is now a much higher chance that she too is adopted. Which would probably make Adrianna adopted too. Hence the "everyone is adopted" meme in Ocean's Universe. And this started because you mentioned Ayua's awkwardness regarding William's stories. Even though what we saw was the awkward look between Adrianna and Sasha when the backshot stuff was mentioned :LOL:

I agree with Mavi. This shit is giving me a headache. Most things don't make sense to me at this point in the game. That is why I keep praying that Lord Ocean stops making changes and starts setting shit in stone from now on.
 

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Oh, the Mandela effect is very strong in the Zone. Although I'm pretty sure I saw adoption mentioned. Maybe on Discord?
Anyway, yeah, the wrong thread.
I think we were the ones who started assuming adoption in the WiAB thread. And I mean why wouldn't we? Leia and William grew up in that household with the Zanes as far as we know. But maybe that isn't quite the case.
 

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It's common to both games, because Ocean's got too much stuff unsaid - so in that sense both threads have theories that are slowly crystallising regardless of the facts :coffee::whistle:
This is not normal to any fandom that goes too much time without answers. ASOIAF fandom at this point already write the books in their head and are waiting Geroge just say they are right. The questions that Ocean raises are a double edge sword, at the same time it is engaging the longuer he waits the more the fandon will be disappointed if he takes another route.

I think we were the ones who started assuming adoption in the WiAB thread. And I mean why wouldn't we? Leia and William grew up in that household with the Zanes as far as we know. But maybe that isn't quite the case.
Because adoption is what makes more sense and has the least impact in the story, But nothing was said about it in the devlog. the point about it make little difference to TOS is a valid one, and one that puzzles me futher os his decision. regarding how it affects SG, Auya can always be daugther of Katie or Helen or even Dylan with Miru, it just don't fit as well.
 
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I think Willy went thru all families in Wollust (good and bad) like a whirlwind and left many pregnant girls behind. And now those children have mixed feelings when they met on the street or in ZPR... More than enough children to fill a basketball team...
 
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It becomes the right thread because of Auya. We know her last name is Zane. We know Katie's last name is Zane. We know that William and Leia are no longer technically Zane's. At least not by birth. This is the right topic to discuss her parentage. There is now a much higher chance that she too is adopted. Which would probably make Adrianna adopted too. Hence the "everyone is adopted" meme in Ocean's Universe. And this started because you mentioned Ayua's awkwardness regarding William's stories. Even though what we saw was the awkward look between Adrianna and Sasha when the backshot stuff was mentioned :LOL:

I agree with Mavi. This shit is giving me a headache. Most things don't make sense to me at this point in the game. That is why I keep praying that Lord Ocean stops making changes and starts setting shit in stone from now on.
Totally. But regarding Ayua, and her being a special case, we'll have to wait and see. If Ocean retcons her, he has to retcon the released season 1. Far too messy.

Easy solution for everything in SG: William is impotent, Ayua and all her siblings are Miru's via donor, NTR or otherwise. Now can we play that sweet sweet basketball with a side order of tabletop?That's what we're all here for right??? :coffee::whistle:
 
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It becomes the right thread because of Auya. We know her last name is Zane. We know Katie's last name is Zane. We know that William and Leia are no longer technically Zane's. At least not by birth. This is the right topic to discuss her parentage. There is now a much higher chance that she too is adopted. Which would probably make Adrianna adopted too. Hence the "everyone is adopted" meme in Ocean's Universe. And this started because you mentioned Ayua's awkwardness regarding William's stories. Even though what we saw was the awkward look between Adrianna and Sasha when the backshot stuff was mentioned :LOL:

I agree with Mavi. This shit is giving me a headache. Most things don't make sense to me at this point in the game. That is why I keep praying that Lord Ocean stops making changes and starts setting shit in stone from now on.

You know what else is giving me a headache? These ridiculous theories of yours!

Everyone knows that Will screwed up the whole town, and that he and Leia are both Zanes by blood, Vanessa is their daughter as is Nika, period.
 

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You know what else is giving me a headache? These ridiculous theories of yours!

Everyone knows that Will ran the whole city and that he and Leia are Zanes by blood and Vanessa is their daughter just like Nika, period.
Um no. Nika and Vanessa both know their obligations to the patreon terms of service very very well and would do nothing to cause their real daddy (Ocean) any grief.
 

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Um no. Nika and Vanessa both know their obligations to the patreon terms of service very very well and would do nothing to cause their real daddy (Ocean) any grief.

But no one knows they are siblings...

There was only one heterochromia in this "gigantic" city, while Nika looks a lot like Will and Leia.
 

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But no one knows they are siblings...

There was only one heterochromia in this "gigantic" city, while Nika looks a lot like Will and Leia.
Yep, we know all the circumstantial evidence, we've circled around it for years. We've realised patreons terms of service do not allow LI to be related, so Vanessa and Nika have done the honorable thing so we can all keep enjoying the true meaning of the game... basketball! Or snakes and ladders with aliens, whatever that stuff is called.

In all seriousness I think if you go back maybe 800 pages you'll find theories about the eye colours, hairstyles all the rest. That's just what we do to kill time between updates.

Edit: and no one knows ...only lasts until they are LI and patreon gets the scent of southern spicy chicken.
 

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But no one knows they are siblings...

There was only one heterochromia in this "gigantic" city, while Nika looks a lot like Will and Leia.
Bro you're like 20 years too late, these guys knew that already when you didnt know avns existed yet

its like theories on top of theories on top of theories at this point and trying to make everything work out with patreon (or at least keeping it hidden enough).

Ocean's statement that William is only blood related to Leia made everything very unclear.

It seems like whatever connections Ocean intended for both stories in the beginning has changed but it impossible to say how exactly at this point.

I expect most solutions to be kinda dumb/glossed over at this point like willy and leia living with the zane's (and probably even have the surname) yet are somehow not (really) adopted (similar to Nika and Nami with Noji).
 
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